RT Journal Article
T1 Degree of polarization in quantum optics
A1 Luis Aina, Alfredo
AB Quantum optics entails polarization properties that cannot be fully described by the classical Stokes parameters. In this work, we characterize the polarization of classical as well as quantum fields by means of a probability distribution on the Poincare sphere. This serves to define the degree of polarization of a field state as the distance between the corresponding polarization distribution and the uniform distribution representing unpolarized light. We apply this definition to relevant quantum field states such as SU(2) coherent, squeezed, number, and phase states.
PB American Physical Society
SN 1050-2947
YR 2002
FD 2002-07-15
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59673
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59673
LA eng
NO ©2002 The American Physical Society
DS Docta Complutense
RD 10 abr 2025